Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Etsy Recyclers Guild Link Building Contest (Retro Chalet)

First, I want to tell you a little about the Etsy Recyclers Guild. I have been having some very pleasant conversations with Retro Chalet: http://www.etsy.com/shop/RetroChalet
Her shop has the "The Best Vintage Kitchen, Melmac, Print Blocks, Letterpress, Porcelain Glove Molds Galore"

Etsy Recyclers Guild is a global team comprised of Etsians who have united in the name of "green." Our group focuses on the below issues:
a) Artisans creating handmade wares from recycled, upcycled, discarded, or vintage items in lieu of buying new materials.
b) Vintage sellers re-purposing or offering retro or antique items to keep these items from the landfill whether it be for use or decor, again, to alleviate need for new mass produced goods.
c) Greenies who have thought up eco-friendly green alternatives to modern day mass produced wares, or developed their wares using green processes.

There are several different teams on etsy that focus on green, upcycling, or recycling, and some with no requirements for joining. We have found over time that our team benefits most by members who will be active and are on Etsy to stay. We expect our members to participate and promote our team's shops, and our love of recycling.

We do this by making treasuries, cross promoting each other on the world wide web outside of Etsy, and in our own shop banners. We have a team shop, and sell advertising on all blog wherein all monies go back into the team's ad campaign. Currently we're on Everything Etsy !

For us, this method of promote-on-promote has earned us several hundred backlinks between Bing and Yahoo alone and page rank on Alexa in just a short time. Some members have in turn had their sales increased with added exposure.

How to Join Etsy Recyclers:

We limit our membership to around 200 members, when some leave or close up shop, we have open enrollment periods. To see if we are accepting members, visit www.etsy.com/teams/6474/recyclers-guild-team.
Read more in this Storque article : www.etsy.com/storque/craftivism/etsy-teams-go-green-7798/

The very same concept of building back links that I try to promote in this thread, is exactly what the Etsy Recyclers Guild is doing with their contest! So I would like to team up if you will and help with their contest.

Looks very interesting! I checked out the other blog and some of the shops briefly and hearted a few. Are all the prizes a secret or is there some sort of list and pictures of them somewhere that we can see?

I love your post! I'm a member of the Etsy Recyclers Guild Team. I'm also donating a few items from my shop, http://www.etsy.com/shop/mattiereidchicago and http://www.etsy.com/shop/TexasVintage to the surprise giveaway. A few handmade items and a few vintage items. There will also be items from other shops as well.